namaycush

[< Algonk.; cf. Cree namekus, dim. of namew fish]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value. Also spelled namacush.

Quotations

1743

[Sammon Ne ma cu sheeck]

1775

Sent three men to the Nets from which . . . we received . . . a Namaycoose or kind of Sammon of 16 lb. weight and one Pike.

1852

The meshes will not admit the heads of the larger trout (namaycush), which weigh from 30 lbs. to 50 lbs.

1928

The larger lakes, often of great depth, are the abode of the famed namaycush, the salmon trout of the lakes. . . .

1947

In the lower George River, the sea-trout and the salmon, and higher up the brook trout, ouinanishe and namacush are caught.